Gary Byrd's "Obama Watch" was an invaluable source of weekly news analyses. It had been a strong complement of "Like It Is" on WABC, which had been produced and hosted by the late legendary journalist Gil Noble.

Last night was the last broadcast of the "Obama Watch" show on Imhotep Gary Byrd's Global Black Experience (GBE) on WLIB radio after almost eight years, for those of you who may have missed Sunday's program.

Byrd will continue with other shows on WLIB/WBLS minus "Obama Watch."

During the weekly program, I joined Byrd, the host and producer, together with two other reporters, Cash...

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and the President’s Travel to Africa:

The Government of Kenya has agreed to co-host the 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) this July. Organized annually since 2009, the GES has emerged as a global platform connecting emerging entrepreneurs with leaders from business, international...

The International Reparations Summit hosted by The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), a leading research, policy and advocacy group with offices in New York and Baltimore, will be held at various sites across New York City, from April 9 to 12, 2015.

Speakers at the conference include Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and chair of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Reparations...

Dr. Ben was an extraordinary man of many talents, but principally a man who held the African woman in the highest esteem.

He taught us in the beginning was the African woma. Creation came out of the African woman. As the obelisk is a small pyramid on a tall base, this is the pedestal upon which Dr. ben-Jochannan placed the African woman.

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